Deepak, If it were not *threads*, then what is the purpose of having a *research and collaboration agreement* in the first place ?
Independence and self-reliance - which are crucial to public research research programmes - come only after rejecting all forms of dependency. Academics is no exception to this - in fact it should have been the first place to prove with public alternatives. Submission of academic interests before corporates signals a slow death of serious academic research interest, at best, they only serve to fulfill paper-publishing-gimmicks requirements of staff there to justify their public positions. A missing strategic vision is glaringly visible. CK Raju On 10/13/07, deepak p <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > are we saying that we shouldnt accept funding that comes with "threads".. i > guess, indian academia can hardly say so.. MSR has already built a good > relationship with IISc over the years.. they have a yearly summer school > too.. nobody is complaining.. MSR and IISc are in a win-win situation.. is > it not enough that we develop technologies.. whether or not they used > Windows machines, or Linux boxes doesnt concern the larger research > fraternity.. > > deepak > > > On 10/13/07, CK Raju <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Oct 13, 12:51 pm, "Santhosh Thottingal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > wrote: > > > കര്ണ്ണാടക ഗവണ്മെന്റ് കടലാസ് രഹിത ഓഫീസ് എന്ന ലക്ഷ്യത്തിനായി > > > മൈക്രോസോഫ്റ്റുമായി ഒപ്പിട്ട കരാര് വിവാദമാകുന്നു. സ്വതന്ത്ര > > > സോഫ്റ്റ്വെയര് ഉപയോക്താക്കള് ഇതിനെതിരെ രംഗത്ത് വന്നു കഴിഞ്ഞു. > > > ഭാഷാ കമ്പ്യൂട്ടിങ്ങില് കുത്തകകളെ ആശ്രയിക്കുന്നതിലെ വിപത്തുകള് അവര് > > > ചൂണ്ടിക്കാണിക്കുന്നു. > > > > "Bangalore, (PTI): Microsoft Research on Friday announced a research > > and collaboration agreement with the Indian Institute of Science > > (IISc). Under this agreement, Microsoft Research is committed to > > providing funding and research expertise in the next two-three years > > to assist with major projects in life sciences research and advanced > > high-performance computing platforms based on Microsoft Windows > > Compute Cluster Server 2003...." > > > > "Prof. Nagasuma Chandra on the faculty of Bio-informatics Centre at > > IISc, working on simulation of virtual cell in tuberculosis, said that > > with the development of advanced technical computational tools of > > Microsoft, the study of cells could be enhanced...." > > > > Complete story at > http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/006200710130340.htm > > > > Perhaps that explains how it works, with people planted at premier > > educational institutions, in planning boards and in government > > bureaucracy. > > CK Raju > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Deepak P > http://deepakp7.googlepages.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
